I am reading the "Lore" books. I used to listen to the
podcast, then saw the show, then read the books. I
know most of the tales he brings up but I just like the
way the guy writes.

I almost never listened to audiobooks until a few years ago. I've been a voracious reader since I was pretty young but spending ten or more hours every week commuting by car was kind of killing that so I started listening to audiobooks and they have been a lifesaver. There are some books that I don't think work well in an audio format, but most of the time I think it's a resonable substitute for reading with my eyes (which is how I still consume about a third of my books by the way).

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New year's resolution - read 12 new books in 2019 at a rate of one per month.

And I'm starting tomorrow with the biggest, baddest, un-read motherfucker in my house

You're a brave man. Nice to see you around again!

You too, man :) Good to see the place is still here and stuff.

And yeah, we'll see how I do eh. Couldn't get past the first few pages last time I tried, but I'm gonna read that cover-to-cover in a month this time, whatever happens :p:

Good to see you again Bulldog. :wave:
One of the guys from our Finnegans Wake reading group
is starting a Gravity's Rainbow group next month.
I may find the time.

Ah, Finnegan's Wake, there's another one I'm gonna read this year.

I remember years ago we tried to start a book club on here. I think it was Sleepyjack who did it. Never really took off though. It's a shame, as it was a good idea and all.

@ Janszoon: An audiobook sounds like a great option for a long commute though I've never tried it myself. Given the option - which of course a driver is not- I agree with MicShazam:-@ mindfulness: I never guessed that Dimensioning and Tolerancing was a big enough topic to have a book about it. Do you ever feel that engineering is suffering from Too Much Information these days? :(

@ rostasi & Bulldog: good luck with those demanding reads!
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I'm really enjoying this book which has a good balance of literature and history - and when those topics get a bit dry, I'm planning to check out the index for:

GD&T is hard as **** and doing the tolerances in a smart way is quite the art.

Weird.
I work in quality and sure, it's good to be able to read a drawing, but in-depth knowledge of GD&T seems really unnecessary.
On the other hand, if you're not actually designing something yourself, all this stuff isn't that hard.